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Vote for the Humane Society of McDonough County!

The Animal Rescue Site**, together with Petfinder.com,
is running a $100,000 Shelter Challenge!
April 13 through July 26

Now you can help The Animal Rescue Site choose which eligible Petfinder.com animal rescue organizations will receive special funds to help animals! Participating is simple. You can cast one vote every day for your favorite rescue.
Eligible organizations with the most votes could receive a weekly prize and/or one of the other grants below! More than 60 grants will be awarded for a total of $100,000 going to eligible Petfinder.com members by the end of July 2009.

Voting begins on April 13th, 2009, and ends at midnight (PST) on July 26th, 2009. The more friends you can rally to vote for your favorite rescue organization, the better its chances of winning. Get people involved! Your favorite rescue organization is counting on you!

Weekly winners** will be announced throughout the contest. Fifteen weekly prizes of $1,000 will be awarded to eligible Petfinder.com organizations.

Winners of the following will be announced on July 29, 2009. Prizes will go to the eligible Petfinder.com organization with the highest accumulative votes for the duration of the Challenge as specified in the rules.

Grand Prize:  One $20,000 grant!
Second Prize:  One $5,000 grant!
Third Prize:  One $3,000 grant!
Honorable Mentions:  Two $1,500 grants!
State Winners*:  Fifty-one $1,000 state grants (50 U.S. states and Washington DC)
Canadian Winners*:  Two $1,000 grants will be awarded
US Territories Winner*:  One $1,000 grant will be awarded.

** If you look for the Shelter Challenge information from the Animal Rescue Site main page, you need to first click on the 'Go to Animal Rescue Site' link (toward the bottom of left hand links), this will take you to the Animal Rescue Site 'Click to Give' page , there are several purple tabbed links runnning down the right hand side. Click on the the Shelter Challenge tab, then in the Search and Vote box put in the following information (*categories are required):

Shelter Name: Humane Society of McDonough County

* Country: USA

* State: IL

City: Macomb

Please be sure to use the Humane Society of McDonough County as the Shelter name as we represent the McDonough County Animal Shelter on Petfinders.com. It is Petfinders's list of organizations that is being used for this contest.

Thank you for voting!

Cat Vaccines!

The Humane Society of McDonough County has set up a flow-through account for anyone wishing to donate money specifically for the purchase of vaccines for the cats at the McDonough County Animal Shelter.

Thank you to everyone who has already donated.
Your efforts have saved many lives.

If you wish to donate to this cause:

Please make checks payable to: Humane Society of McDonough County
Specify in the memo section: 'CAT VACCINES'
Mail to: PO Box 7, Macomb, IL 61455